A Free Box Of Sci-Fi Books, Full Of Splendors [Haul]

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[@Bookpilled]

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[@captaingrumbletummies869]

I shall miss the sci-fire place. Maybe take a few glam pics so you can green screen it in the future?

[@alainterieur794]

It's impossible to say no to a free box of vintage science fiction novels! It's hard to be a digital nomad when you're a collector even with eReaders. There's just something special about the old editions covers and smell... 😉

[@awldune]

I laughed when you said "three Robert Jordan books..." and then struggled to lift them out.

[@beethoven2351]

The Silverberg-edited Science Fiction Hall of Fame Vol. 1 may be valuable...and it's certainly a sci-fi high spot. In 1965, the Science Fiction Writers Association launched the Nebula Award, and commissioned Silverberg to edit an anthology of short stories that captured the essence of high-quality short story writing prior to 1985. The result is in your hands: a superb collection featuring some of the best short fiction ever written: Nightfall by Asimov, Flowers for Algernon by Keyes, It's a Good Life by Bixby, The Nine Billion Names of God by Clarke, The Weapon Shop by Van Vogt, Mars is Heaven! by Bradbury, etc., etc. Great find!

[@beethoven2351]

I meant to say prior to 1965...

[@tarico4436]

OMG, first Bill Bixby stars as the Incredible Hulk, and then he writes a great short story! No, wait. Different Bixby. J/K. I still remember vividly the short story where the town just ends, and there's really nothing out there. The rat eating itself, starting with its tail. And how they taught the kid to bury 'em in the corn field. "Bad man," he said to the guy who just couldn't smile anymore, couldn't play the game anymore. And the neighbor kid riding on his bicycle, faster and faster; so the kid made him pedal even faster, pedaled to death iirc.

[@outlawbookselleroriginal]

Yeah, it's an amazing collection, been in my library for years, SO GOOD!

[@meesalikeu]

the thing is, those stories are such classics i have read them all! 🎉

[@TexasPelican]

KEEP the Science Fiction Hall of Fame! I used to have the entire set and sold it to HPBs and got almost nothing for it. You will love it.

[@joshramirez7]

I love the look on your face in the thumbnail. Even though you are unloading everything, a big box of new books is still peak enjoyment!

[@Cmdtheartist]

Super cool. I just passed on a few early horror books at a yard sale, the owner kept talking to me and drove me away. I pretended it was my willpower telling me not to buy any more books until I read the ones I already have, but it was totally misanthropy.

[@Slinkylinky179]

Happy ape-ril

[@joncarroll2040]

Book of Lost Tales is basically the first draft of what became the Silmarillion. Really great if you want an in depth look at Tolkien's process but not if you want a good read that's not interrupted by the editor's commentary.

[@andreadilavanzo653]

I propose a sort of Ed Wood-like subtitle for this haul: Apes, priests in space and other annoying primates

[@kurthallsman]

The Octopus creature and Ape like Alien covers (if no one has mentioned it yet) are both artwork by Patrick Woodriffe, a British fantasy artist from the 70's. He's famous for the first Gentle Giant album cover as well.

[@rickkearn7100]

I actually have that copy of Delany's NOVA, rediscovered recently when going through boxes in the (air conditioned) basement. Agree on cover art. It's a keeper. Cheers.

[@jonah_k]

That purple Mote in God's Eye is a rare one? That's my copy. Haven't read it yet.

[@The_real_Marcoman]

13:35 Perry Rhodan is a German space opera franchise, named after its hero. It commenced in 1961 and has been ongoing for decades, written by an ever-changing team of authors. Having sold approximately two billion copies (in novella format) worldwide (including over one billion in Germany alone), it is the most successful science fiction book series ever written. Fun fact: His last name is inspired by the Godzilla monster Rodan.

[@nunyabizness6595]

Im surprised that no one has made a tv show out of those.

[@The_real_Marcoman]

@@nunyabizness6595 There are two poorly made film adaptations. In post-war Germany, military science fiction was stigmatized as a form of warmongering that glorified violence and was said to be bad for young people. Perry Rhodan was even compared to a space Hitler, which of course is nonsense. Even the military science fiction series Raumpatrouille - Die phantastischen Abenteuer des Raumschiffes Orion (Space Patrol - The Fantastic Adventures of the Spaceship Orion), the German Star Trek, so to speak, was dismissed as violence-glorifying trash, which is why it unfortunately only appeared for one season, despite its success.

[@luiznogueira1579]

It's been decades since I heard that name! I'm afraid I totally forgot Perry Rodan even existed. Never read one, but the series was published in Brazil in the 70's, some really cheap editions, unfortunately. I didn't take them seriously, but a friend of mine read some, seemed to like them.

[@dustyoldhat]

Did you see the article in New York Times yesterday about the collectability of sealed VHS tapes and other vintage crap? Pretty interesting.

[@brainsqueegee2]

Hey, the cover of The Radio Planet by Ralph Milne Farley also appeared as a cover of the fantasy magazine 1984, in the 7th issue, August 1979. Cover illustrator Patrick Woodroffe. Very cool stuff.

[@bazoo513]

8:44 - Forward! I _love_ his novels, and can't find some of them, even in the form of poorly scanned pirate copies.

[@elliotwalton6159]

"...it's got a little gnome guy on it." Is that good or bad? 😂

[@Bookpilled]

Yes

[@senojor]

That Nova copy is beautiful. It looks pristine.

[@senojor]

My copy is a sad rendering in black with some lines of light that appear to split into colors.

[@Bookpilled]

@@senojor Same one I had

[@bazoo513]

18:53 - 😀 But you have to give it to Mary Doria Russel ("Sparrow") and A. C. Clarke ("The Star") that they handle their priests expertly.

[@beermarshal2070]

Very cool! If this was a box representing one person's collection, that person almost could be me - anyway it looks like a collection of someone about my age (57) who started collecting in the late 70s and peaked in the late 80s and 90s. Very little post-millenium stuff there as far as I could tell. I have at least 15 of the exact same, or very similar editions - the Lord of the Rings copies, the Douglas Adams, a couple of Nivens, Unreasoning Mask, Dwellers in the Mirage (there are 8 in that Avon series, I have 7 and keep looking for the last cheap), The Radio Planet, The Snow Queen, a few others. And a great many of the covers that I don't own are very familiar also. Lots of personal nostalgia here. I wouldn't call anything that I know there "rare" - I think you define that word differently than I do - but in my experience buying and selling (mostly buying) on eBay, anything at all vintage from Leiber, Vance or Dick are pretty much guaranteed sales. Most Stephen King also though I don't know if the ones you have are particularly worth anything. And the Walton is probably worth something, it's a Ballantine Adult Fantasy copy (Unicorn logo); I've been collecting that series for 25+ yeas and am almost finished but it's getting harder to find even the more common ones for reasonable prices unless they're really beat up. Oh an Frazetta covers - I'm actually bidding on a copy of that Flashing Swords right now and it's up over $5 for a better copy than yours (but hardly pristine) and I'm probably not going to try to keep up. Not sure why a lot of the other cover artists haven't really gotten collectors excited but there it is. Maybe WhatNot does better for paperbacks, I dunno, I suppose I should check it out sometime. Good luck on your next endeavors!

[@goblue3813]

Pretty neat Mote In Gods Eye edition.

[@MartiniBlankontherest]

Thank you for inspiring my love for sci fi. Started reading for the first time last summer. I'm currently on book three of Rama by Clarke. Fantastic read and very differently styled book-to-book. Still looking for Star of the unborn by Werfel. It's so rare.

[@Bookpilled]

Awesome. If you find it, hang onto it.

[@MartiniBlankontherest]

@@Bookpilled oh i couldn't imagine even owning it at this point.

[@camo_for_cocktails]

That Forward is the same copy I have. Hang on to it: it’s the withdrawn hastily published version of his Rocheworld.

[@steverobbins4872]

Joe Haldeman is one of my favorite authors. Mind Bridge is pretty good, but not quite as good as the Forever War. Another good one was All My Sins Remembered, but I seem to have lost my copy some where. It's about a spy in some galactic empire. He gets plastic surgery to look like the person he's replacing on each alien world he visits. There are weird aliens. It's cool.

[@thesci-fished]

I agree, I just reread forever war and was reminded on just how awesome that book is.

[@bookreadingbilly8329]

I wish I had people who gave me boxes of free Sci fi and fantasy books. #jealous

[@alexp3462]

The two Books of Lost Tales there by Tolkien are part of the History of Middle-earth series I believe, a big multi-volume posthumous set put out by his son for really hardcore background on the development of his world.

[@keithr9640]

Space Prodigal is fun entertaining book. I’ve had it in my collection for decades.

[@daveac]

Love 'Lucifer's Hammer' & 'Hot Sleep' (still have my UK 1980 paperback copy of that one )

[@uncannyvalleywoods7248]

Harambe is clearly blessing you. Best sacrifice a banana ASAP.

[@droneswarm7888]

Lucifer's Hammer is yarnesque...it can pick up pace, it uses suspense but its bloated like Stephan King were crawling inside people's heads like Carson McCullers or Henry James. Might be part of the charm the Modern interior of a person instead of a 19th century hangover. I read it in 83, at the time of publishing.

[@waltera13]

That SF Hall of Fame is the one I'm always on about, saying you should read. (Even the less likeable stories are good SF Homework.) Original cover (It kept that cover for over 10 years, maybe more.) You should keep it. That War of the Worlds is Schoolastic. Radio Planet is public domain, but that is a SWEET cover! King Kull is a MUST - Kull was his original; The First Conan story was a Kull rewrite, and one of the best Conan stories was also a Kull rewrite. One of RE Howard's best, but that edition is one where Lin Carter/L Sprague DeCamp fuck it up by "adding" to it and rewriting bits, making it hack-y. Love that Dreaming City cover - not the best illustration of the book, but ** WHAT I WOULD GIVE for the parallel universe copy of the Michael Moorcock book that that cover DOES belong to! ** What fabulous art! I should take my rant to discord. BTW- If you ever wanted to sneak in a random Elric book that one really works; Pivotal stories. As an Elric fan I want to say "read them all" but knowing your issues with fantasy and time, you *could* hit that one. At LEAST save/ frame the cover. Magnificent.

[@waltera13]

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[@Bookpilled]

I am an Elric liker. I've read I think the first two books. Vague plans to finish the original run at some point. Adding it to the giant rubber band ball of vague reading plans. Appreciate the backstory.

[@salty-walt]

@@Bookpilled That "The Dreaming City" is pretty much the third Elric book "The Weird of the White Wolf" in case you feel possessed to read it tonight. I dare ya.

[@jmhthe3rd]

*pushes up glasses* Actually, Fuzzies was H. Beam Piper

[@holydissolution85]

Mindbridge by Haldeman is great book....lots of similarities with Forever War.... Destiny's Doll by Simak is very weird...but I liked it as a kid Queen of Air and Darkness novella by Anderson won many awards...

[@klipkultur3680]

PERRY RHODAN SERIES - 127 titles in 118 books. German. Authors: Walter Ernsting, K. H. Scheer, Kurt Mahr.

[@gordonshumway8030]

14.54. That is a Patrick Woodroffe cover ...Fantastic artist...

[@klipkultur3680]

Yes Gérard Klein is a french writer but also an important editor of SF in France.

[@jeffreyweber8006]

I actually just finished that Terry Carr "Best of" #4. Definitely keep that one. Good stories in there!

[@adamwoolf969]

Leigh Brackett fantastic noir screen writer of the big sleep and the long goodbye BTW one name missing from your extensive SF oddysey AE Van Vogt would be interested to hear what you think of that strange dude

[@outlawbookselleroriginal]

I second the motion re Leigh Brackett - she was married to Edmond Hamilton (The Planet Smasher, they called him) and wrote superb Planetary Romances, she was second only to C L Moore among female Golden Age SF writers.

[@vortimer2351]

IIRC she was credited as screenwriter on Empire Strikes Back, but died before she really got started.

[@dustyoldhat]

@@outlawbookselleroriginal whoa I never realized Leigh was female. I have some Skaith books but haven’t read them since I was in like junior high

[@boromirjonah5774]

So you're tired of priests in space. What if it was a book about an ape priest? Great video.

[@davidmicalizio824]

Lucifer's Hammer 👍

[@bookssongsandothermagic]

Love these videos and I’ll definitely miss the sci-fireplace. Such a great pun for how you display the books behind you. I’m sure you’ll continue to put on great content regardless but the sci-fireplace was a great centrepiece for your musings on the books you found.

[@captaingrumbletummies869]

Hell on Earth is book two of four. Knee Deep in the Dead Hell on Earth Infernal Sky Endgame

[@soopahsoopah]

17:41 It's actually really good.

[@SciFiScavenger]

You have the all too familiar haunted look of a man in trouble. "I could quit any time I like. It's fine. I don't need any more books. I don't want them. A box, you say? Of books? Well ok, just to help out. I won't keep any of them. Weeeeellllll maybe just a few. A dozen? Not too bad. I can handle it. Sniff. Nothing to see here." 😂😂😂

[@OurRawHeart]

After that simian flavoured haul you could change your channel's name to Ookpilled?!! R.I.P. Pratchett.

[@mjau65]

That's the edition I got of Pet Sematary. The peak of Stephen King.

[@Satorotas89]

I lost it at Ape number 5

[@mateosimon4237]

Awesome collection man👍👍. That Congo edition/cover is great, for Chrichton fans like myself. And Leigh Brackett, she was the screenwriter of The Empire Strikes Back if I remember correctly

[@theoldman2821]

No. She wrote a draft and died. Her masterworks are The Big Sleep and The Long Goodbye.

[@mateosimon4237]

@@theoldman2821 Thanks for the clarification👍

[@chuck3379]

Probability Broach was the first in a series. Good book imo.

[@chuckbridgeland6181]

His copy is in >>far

[@senojor]

Interesting War of the Worlds.

[@davlang3783]

I picked up that exact edition of The Radio Planet second-hand today, having seen it on your video yesterday. I couldn't believe it. Hope it's good fun. I also impulse bought 6 Von Vogt's (never read him), The Gate of Time by Philip Jose Farmer (never read him), and also a copy of Pohl's Beyond the Blue Event Horizon for $3CAD, which i had really been searching for. Thanks for the videos you put out that have helped renew my love of SF. Enjoy happy and safe travels, mate.

[@TheMcMonster]

Sci-Fireplace of the Apes.

[@hylabrookbooks]

Omg i want those lord of the ring books 😢

[@meesalikeu]

e.e. doc smith has the lensman series that is very famous and also skylark series which i have seen but never read. also love all howard and his kull is like conan set in an earlier era.

[@jonreisinger7623]

Hey! Absolutely love all your content, just wanted to be annoying and let you know H. Beam Piper is the Fuzzy guy not F.M. Busby. Thanks for all the amazing videos. Much love.

[@CYI3ERPUNK]

do i need more stuff? certainly not , am i going to say no to a box full of classic sci-fi? HELL FUCKING NO IM NOT XD ; lucifers hammer? the mote in gods eye? the man in the high castle? foundation? tolkien? pet cemetery? congo? all masterpieces ; another honestly amazing haul , im most impressed that used bookstores even have such awesome collections , around me locally that is just not the case , clearly i need to move XD

[@funkyfreshwizardry]

But what ape holders don’t get is that you can use multiple slurp juices on a single ape.

[@redmooneagle3832]

Lucifers Hammer is amazing

[@salty-walt]

You've gotta cranch that SF hall of Fame, or else Scanners Live IN Vain!!! And **I** think you'll appreciate the Heinlein story in that collection because it really lets you hate him but without most of the usual reasons!

[@TY1979KA]

btw Alan Burt Akers is Keneth Bulmer

[@tarico4436]

7:18. It's too late To turn back now I believe I believe I believe... And it goes on from there. Mostly great haul, well, totes great because, you know, free. "Congo" was soooooooooo awful that I forced myself to finish reading it to see if the often superb Crichton really was going to continue fumbling and stumbling in that jungle, was he really gonna continue to push through his goofy vision of where computers were on the verge of taking us. And he did. It was as if his publisher insisted on him shoehorning into his narrative all these great things that computers were going to do for us in the near future. Much of this "computers are awesome" drivel was alien to the plot as it unfolded. The contrivances were unnerving, especially considering how much I loved his "The Andromeda Strain." And I just ran a googs on "Congo" and it was published in 1980, ten years before I thought it was published. (Maybe I read a second edition that was published in 1990? IDK.) I read it in 1993 or '94, and he was way off then, but his predictions--for 1980--weren't too cringy.............. I suppose. Even still I stand by my assertion that shoving through an ideology is not how you write fiction. It's how you write propaganda, not fiction.

[@thesci-fished]

I acquired a copy of Mindbridge by Haldeman just today. What a coincidence 😁

[@benrandle33]

Edmund Cooper a pseudo-hack? A PSEUDO-HACK? Well, he might have been - from what I understand his later works were pretty generic. I only know I greatly enjoyed his earliest novels when I first came across them as a teenager. One of them, “All Fools Day” has stayed in my mind all these years and I still consider it one of the greatest post-apocalyptic tales I’ve ever read (Sun-spots, global mass suicide, leaving only the pathological and the insane). That’s my two-cents anyway.

[@camillagilmore1547]

If you commit to the bit, the bit will commit to you. This is the way.

[@raresaturn]

This is really rare and valuable... KLUNK

[@Hooptyc]

I love Lucifer’s Hammer, but you will hate it because it is too Heinlein-y.

[@TY1979KA]

you seem to be in a good mood

[@bazoo513]

5:45 - Ah, have you now? 😜

[@afra9637]

You sell any books on Ebay?

[@deedee1102]

Do not sell Haldeman's Mindbridge, it really is mindbridging.

[@Bookpilled]

Too late

[@nunyabizness6595]

If you put some gorilla glue on the spine of that Conan you should be good to go. Also i said gorilla. 😮😮😮

[@Caliburnius]

The true face of addiction. 😄 I have that Space Prodigal, I bought it because of the Richard Corben cover. Been dusting it for over 40 years, never read it.